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Defaults
The default behavior is dynamic.
“Static” means manually entered addresses, which do not age.
Command Modes
INTERFACE
Command
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Usage
Information
This command and its options are supported on physical interfaces, static LAGs, LACP LAGs, and 
VLANs.
If the vlan option is not specified, the MAC address counters is not VLAN-based. That is, the sum of 
the addresses learned on all VLANs (not having any learning limit configuration) is counted against 
the MAC learning limit.
MAC learning limit violation logs and actions are not available on a per-VLAN basis.
With the no-station-move option, MAC addresses learned through this feature on the selected interface 
persist on a per-VLAN basis, even if received on another interface. Enabling or disabling this option 
has no effect on already learned MAC addresses.
After the MAC address learning limit is reached, the MAC addresses do not age out unless you add the 
dynamic option. To clear statistics on MAC address learning, use the clear counters command with the 
learning-limit parameter.
When a channel member is added to a port-channel and there is not enough ACL CAM space, the 
MAC limit functionality on that port-channel is undefined. When this occurs, un-configure the existing 
configuration first and then reapply the limit with a lower value. 
Related
Commands
 
no-station-move (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword no-station-move to disallow a station 
move (associate the learned MAC address with the most recently accessed 
port) on learned MAC addresses. 
station-move (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword station-move to allow a station move on 
learned MAC addresses. 
sticky
(OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword sticky to allow configuring the sticky mac 
feature along with the learning limit.
Version 8.3.16.1 Introduced on MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module
clear counters
Clears counters used in the 
show interface command
clear mac-address-table 
dynamic
Clears the MAC address table of all MAC address learned dynamically.
show mac learning-limit Displays MAC learning-limit configuration.